The part where Stalin spends a week in Austria and casually drives a wedge between a child and their mother for no discernable reason is some Thanos level pettiness.
The best days of Stalin's life was when he was exiled to Siberia? Sort of puts a new angle on all the people he sent to gulags in Siberia. He wasn't trying to kill them he wanted them to have the life changing experience he enjoyed.
@@petebondurant58 Yes and no. To start off my post was a joke in case that was not obvious. But, it is a misconception based in large part on anti communist propaganda that the gulags were all death camps. There were some that were, some that were normal prisons, but most of them were just work camps that eventually became towns. Just like the Tsarist's katorga there was a big difference between North Siberia and South Siberia and exactly who was in charge of what camp. But the reality was that around 8% of people sent to the gulag died in one. And if you take out 1933, 1943 and 1944 the death rate would not be that out of line for US prisons of the period. Stalin was sent to a southern Siberian work camp and the gulags in that area were probably not much different when he was in charge of the country.
I don't think most siberian exiles enjoyed it or even got payed, most seem to be ethnic poles being sent there to work and then not allowed to go back or just send there and forgotten about.
Stalin enjoyed his exile so much, that when he ran the USSR, he made certain that his GULAG was horrific. He didn't want them to have the "life changing experience he enjoyed." He wanted them to suffer.
Constant heavy drinking and watching junk movies with your bros, who you constantly humiliate? Damn, Stalin's final days were basically the Redlettermedia crew. Mike Stoklasa could definitely be Stalin. Who would Rich Evans be?
Molotov is indeed the guy the petrol bombs are named after. You see he was a fucking monster. He ordered bombs dropped over Finland towns that were made to look as food drops. A tactic it seems specifically made to target civilians. People started callling them Molotov's Linch boxes. So the Finish called the fire bomb they were using against the Red Army Molotov Cocktails to go with the lunchboxes. Basically gallows humour in the time of war. Oh and Molotov was deeply involved with the purges and mass executions. He is the one that came up with the mass execution orders, so Stalin could order hundreds of executions by just signing a single document.
They weren't made to look like food parcels, they put out propaganda that claimed they were food parcels. The act is already horrible enough, you don't need to make Molotov look like Snidely Whiplash.
I know that it's a weird takeaway, but I am genuinely surprised by how accurate the caricature of Stalin from the Communopoly series on No Rolls Barred's TH-cam channel actually is. I almost feel like it might be a bit toned down
Stuff like this shows that while people like Stalin were the worst of humanity, they were still human. With all the comic foils and absurdities that come with being human...and that's the underrated scary thing about it. Humanity is capable of being monsters on their own
I am from a country that was formerly part of Soviet Union, so it was interesting to see an American perspective to his persona. Also, I never knew Stalin was such a funny guy. P.S. It's not that I like him, I hate this bastard. My family directly suffered from those bastars, still an amusing bastard
I knew right? i makes you forget what monster he is its kind of like Handsome Jack from Borderlands like you hate him for legit reasons but have to admire his bits
@@philipmalcolm4550 A joke goes. Stalin attends a circus. He laughs and grins throughout the clowns performance, but after it ends he says, "Well, I liked the comedy. But that clown had a moustache just like mine. Shoot him." Everyone is speechless, until someone sheepishly suggests, "Comrade Stalin, maybe he can off his moustache?" Stalin replies, "Good idea! First shave, then shoot!"
The banality of evil…it’s so important to see people in their whole context. Especially historical figures. Stalin did evil things and killed so many people and he was also a funny guy. Humanity is neither inherently good or evil, we’re all capable of godless atrocities if given the power, opportunity, and unaccountability.
"Replaced his knife with a pickle. Funniest shit I've ever seen." - J. Stalin
The part where Stalin spends a week in Austria and casually drives a wedge between a child and their mother for no discernable reason is some Thanos level pettiness.
There's always someone on these comments comparing the subject of the broadcast to a character from a lame superhero movie.
Having to laugh at "my wife" jokes until the end of time is a special kind of hell.
The best days of Stalin's life was when he was exiled to Siberia? Sort of puts a new angle on all the people he sent to gulags in Siberia. He wasn't trying to kill them he wanted them to have the life changing experience he enjoyed.
He realized how soft the Czar was during HIS exile, so he made certain that the GULAG was far more harsh.
@@petebondurant58 Yes and no. To start off my post was a joke in case that was not obvious. But, it is a misconception based in large part on anti communist propaganda that the gulags were all death camps.
There were some that were, some that were normal prisons, but most of them were just work camps that eventually became towns. Just like the Tsarist's katorga there was a big difference between North Siberia and South Siberia and exactly who was in charge of what camp.
But the reality was that around 8% of people sent to the gulag died in one. And if you take out 1933, 1943 and 1944 the death rate would not be that out of line for US prisons of the period.
Stalin was sent to a southern Siberian work camp and the gulags in that area were probably not much different when he was in charge of the country.
I don't think most siberian exiles enjoyed it or even got payed, most seem to be ethnic poles being sent there to work and then not allowed to go back or just send there and forgotten about.
Stalin enjoyed his exile so much, that when he ran the USSR, he made certain that his GULAG was horrific. He didn't want them to have the "life changing experience he enjoyed." He wanted them to suffer.
@@petebondurant58it was an obvious joke my man
So Stalin was a sex symbol, could vacillate from charming to off-putting, and had a Hillbilly accent.
In other words… Matthew McConaughey?
Constant heavy drinking and watching junk movies with your bros, who you constantly humiliate?
Damn, Stalin's final days were basically the Redlettermedia crew.
Mike Stoklasa could definitely be Stalin. Who would Rich Evans be?
Evans is Khrushchev. Jay would have been Beria.
@@petebondurant58 The Beria/Bauman comparison is terrifyingly apt.
Kissinger maybe.
Holy shit, Brandie Posey is fucking hilarious hahaha it's just banger after banger outta her!
Molotov is indeed the guy the petrol bombs are named after. You see he was a fucking monster. He ordered bombs dropped over Finland towns that were made to look as food drops. A tactic it seems specifically made to target civilians. People started callling them Molotov's Linch boxes. So the Finish called the fire bomb they were using against the Red Army Molotov Cocktails to go with the lunchboxes. Basically gallows humour in the time of war.
Oh and Molotov was deeply involved with the purges and mass executions. He is the one that came up with the mass execution orders, so Stalin could order hundreds of executions by just signing a single document.
They weren't made to look like food parcels, they put out propaganda that claimed they were food parcels. The act is already horrible enough, you don't need to make Molotov look like Snidely Whiplash.
I know that it's a weird takeaway, but I am genuinely surprised by how accurate the caricature of Stalin from the Communopoly series on No Rolls Barred's TH-cam channel actually is.
I almost feel like it might be a bit toned down
.... Honestly, now I'm really curious who would win in a drinking contest between Stalin's group and Andre the Giant lmao
Stuff like this shows that while people like Stalin were the worst of humanity, they were still human. With all the comic foils and absurdities that come with being human...and that's the underrated scary thing about it. Humanity is capable of being monsters on their own
45:00 Oh fuck, for the first time in my life, I feel sorry for Beria.
I am from a country that was formerly part of Soviet Union, so it was interesting to see an American perspective to his persona. Also, I never knew Stalin was such a funny guy.
P.S. It's not that I like him, I hate this bastard. My family directly suffered from those bastars, still an amusing bastard
I knew right? i makes you forget what monster he is its kind of like Handsome Jack from Borderlands like you hate him for legit reasons but have to admire his bits
Funny? Funny how? Like a clown? Like I'm here to amuse you?
@@philipmalcolm4550 A joke goes. Stalin attends a circus. He laughs and grins throughout the clowns performance, but after it ends he says, "Well, I liked the comedy. But that clown had a moustache just like mine. Shoot him." Everyone is speechless, until someone sheepishly suggests, "Comrade Stalin, maybe he can off his moustache?" Stalin replies, "Good idea! First shave, then shoot!"
The banality of evil…it’s so important to see people in their whole context. Especially historical figures. Stalin did evil things and killed so many people and he was also a funny guy. Humanity is neither inherently good or evil, we’re all capable of godless atrocities if given the power, opportunity, and unaccountability.
What is it with authoritarians and only having one joke? Or at least, only one joke at a time? (In Stalin's case it was masturbation/sex.)
Stalin getting drunk watching Best of the Bulshikov
One of the better co-hosts for sure
Can someone send me the source for that quote of Stalin talking to his son about the name Stalin?
TIL Stalin was basically just that party animal we all knew in university, but with his fingers on the nuclear button
Now I'm wondering how history would have been different if someone could have slipped Stalin a mood stabilizer...
I do kinda love the idea of laughing at someone do a bad translation of a film.
I mean, that's the job I would have LOVED. Movie interpreter.
I laughed at the "6to9 million" delivery. I swear I'm a decent person.
19:15 - You meant the tzar
57:50 Stalin was a Soviet RM brown 😂
Not the Stalin apologists in the comments 😭
Every damn time Richard mentions Idabel I LOOSE IT 😂😂😂 also I have friends from Yakutia and it honestly isn't that bad 🤷🏼♀️
Richard Tater
are we accepting the "killed millions" thing as fact? before I listen to the whole thing and get annoyed?
Wait, how is that up for debate? Mao and Stalin weren't good people. Even if you like communism.
@@thebeatles7109 the figures regularly attributed to them are nonsense. Nobody's perfect but they didn't kill millions, whatever their faults.
because it is a fact
@@SgtKaneGunlock lol
@@mattdavies8153 whats really funny is how much of a joke tankies are go pretend you actually matter somewhere else